Elementary school teacher · Lincoln, NE
Elementary school teacher in Lincoln: $1,363/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median elementary school teacher wage in Lincoln at $61,940 a year. About 1,240 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.76). The 10th percentile is $61,940 and the 90th is $77,390. Pay ranks 184th-highest of 377 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($993/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,363 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 185 miles away, at $1,723 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,363
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,940
$61,940 to $77,390
Rent (1 bd)
$993
$1,182 (2 bd)
Employment
1,240
Location quotient 0.76
Pay rank
184th of 377
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, elementary school teacher pay of $61,940.
- Taxes$1,040
- Rent$993
- Other living costs$1,766
- Left over$1,363
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,940
- Federal income tax
- −$5,394
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,738
- State income tax (NE)
- −$2,342
- Take-home pay
- $49,465
- Effective tax rate
- 20.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $993
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $500
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,759
Left over each month
$5,162 gross, minus $1,040 in tax and $2,759 in living costs.
$1,363
Rank every metro for a elementary school teacher
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ames, $1,723/mo.
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Questions
What does a elementary school teacher make in Lincoln?
$61,940 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,240 elementary school teacher jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a elementary school teacher in Lincoln?
$1,363 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $993, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a elementary school teacher keep more?
Ames, about 185 miles away, leaves $1,723 a month, more than Lincoln.